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Because it's a conservative talking point. And they're appeasing them with all the extreme right parties popping up all over Europe
by wkat4242 1y ago
Because it's a conservative talking point. And they're appeasing them with all the extreme right parties popping up all over Europe
- rixed 1y agoThe role played in the US by grassroot conservative bigots have no equivalent in the EU. The push for authoritarianism seems to come purely from above. My intuition, from personal anecdotes, is that after 30 years of widening gap between the haves and the have nots, the haves are increasingly terrified buy their own populations.
- wkat4242 1y agoUnfortunately these bigots are also active in europe. Especially that org from Ashley Kutcher. They have several EU Commission members actively listening to them. This is where all the ChatControl idiocy comes from. I agree there's ulterior motives too though.
- nsksl 1y agoAge verification is not a conservative talking point in Europe. I live in Western Europe where conservatives simply do not exist and the government is trying to push an age verification solution too.
- microtonal 1y agoI live in Western Europe and conservatives were ruling the in my country until one of them blew up the government (over a typical topic that conservatives are obsessing over). Apologies if it isn't, but since this is a new account only writing anti-EU comments so far, seems like troll army astro turfing. (I think it's worth calling that out, since we don't need HN poisoned by that stuff.)
- nsksl 1y agoHow is this comment anti-EU?
- _w1tm 1y agoThat seems odd considering that the extreme right is the one using social media most to influence the voters with disinformation. I would expect the extreme right to be completely opposed to age controls on social media.
- wkat4242 1y agoThis isn't for all social media, just for NSFW content.
- _w1tm 1y agoSome countries want this to block social media from kids: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-paves-way-to-ban-social-media-for-minors/ https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-paves-way-to-ban-social-m... Porn is not such a big deal but social media flooded by Russian/Chinese/American propaganda is destabilizing our societies. The least we can do is try to keep our youth from losing their minds over it.
- pndy 1y agoThis issue is beyond any political ideology. This is about having a grip over ordinary citizens so they wouldn't become a threat to any government.